Schools won't be allowed to teach children that they can change their gender ID, reports say
https://news.sky.com/story/age-limits-to-be-imposed-on-school-sex-education-for-first-time-reports-13136134Open linkView original on lemmy.cahttps://news.sky.com/story/age-limits-to-be-imposed-on-school-sex-education-for-first-time-reports-13136134Open linkView original on lemmy.ca
That we're reading this educational policy change in the newspapers and not from a professional teaching group tells you that this is simply a political manoeuvre.
These kids are already watching porn on their phones, you aren't protecting them from anything by refusing to teach.
Screw TERF Island
Yes yes, it's very important to make that comment at every possible opportunity.
Aye.
Even if this was an actual problem, which it isn't, this is not the way to deal with it. Children ask all sorts of awkward questions, not answering their question is literally the worst way to deal with it. They'll just ask the question more loudly in a very clear voice in the middle of a crowded Tesco. It's best to just answer them and move on.
You can tell no Conservatives ever actually raised their own children.
Section 28 bullshit all over again. It didn't help anything then, it won't help anything now, it will just hurt people. Fuck's sake, what is wrong with this shites?!
Because we all know 12 and 13 year olds never have sex. One study says nearly 3000 of them got pregnant between 2000 and 2007 but clearly immaculate conceptions all round.
Because telling them "I'm not allowed to answer that question." isn't going to make them look it up themselves anyway. I mean, you could lie to them, but I can't imagine that being a popular policy.
Even if the sentiment behind this wasn't so horrid, this'd still be stupid.
If you’re going that far; just ban gendered pronouns altogether.
Fair. No clue why we should be teaching children stuff like this.
Stuff like this? Gender stuff?
It's been normal for schools to teach stuff like this for decades, stuff has been gendered in schools forever.
The only recent change is giving children choices and recognising reality.
"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" - Conservatives
“But my reality is how it’s always been” - Torys
Because some kids are different than others and need support and care so they can become the person they see themselves as
Good. Think too many people act like huge hormonal and surgical options are no big deal.
Seen loads of trans people say they always knew. Well they won't need to be told if they know.
The UK has recently done research on the matter and realised that children were not getting the support required for not transitioning.
That is so wrong.
I'm 41. Figured it out around 36 because I never had the vocabulary to describe it and understand it. And I was miserable.
That's "don't say gay" bullshit aimed at making us invisible. And you.ve regress from "no pu blocker" to "don't talk about it". Nice support.
Enjoy your youth suicide rate...
You are so incorrect that I'm amazed you were able to use a keyboard that must have been covered in your own drool. Go get a grip and use it to keep hold of a fucking clue.
Citation?
I assume op is referring to the recent Cass review
https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/
The overview had no mention of a lack of support for "not transitioning" it's certainly possible I'm missing it or it's in the full report (which I'll read when I get a few minutes).
One mention of the need for corresponding levels of support for de-transitioning and some mentions of increased support for other issues alongside the gender based ones.
It sounds like OP had a specific section/sections in mind, if this is indeed the report they were referencing I'd appreciate some indication to which part they were referencing specifically.
"The overview didn't mention it, but its somewhere in this 232 page report" isn't the most useful when trying to understand where someone is coming from.
Yes I'm also not entirely sure what op meant, I assume they will be along shortly to update us.
Uh what?
A lot of people I grew up with who thought they were trans simply grew out of it. Many of them were pressured into it, or were doing it because they thought they weren't masculine/feminine enough to fit with societal norms. Or just wanted to be different. I was pressured into it as well when I was younger and made to identify as non binary because "cis men are bad" and I couldn't be a cis man in that friend group or something. Could have went worse.
Sounds like bullshit.